[mdlug] Processors and Thugs

[Rich Hughes]

Hey everyone,

I don't know that this is appropriate for the list or not, it should be
okay but just let me know if it isn't. I can take it.

I'm reviewing a barebones kit for my site. The processor is a Pentium 4
3.4GHz. I'm writing the review from the perspective that one benefit to
using linux is you can use older, thus cheaper, technology and have it
fly. This kit came with an awesome motherboard, 1 gig of ram, the
processor that I mentioned, case + 300W power supply (low, but has been
solid), wireless mouse and kb, cd rom and floppy for $189. I feel that
this is a powerhouse machine. To get it up and running, I installed
opensuse 10.3, and everything flies on it. With ram so cheap I can
easily dump more in and this thing will move even faster.

My question to the group is this: am I right that for everyday desktop
usage that this is a great processor? I'm looking at it related to an
earlier thread here. Sure, dual and quad core are great, but if you want
a great system at a low price then this is the way to go. Us linux users
are a tough bunch, though, and I don't want to post this review and have
some smart thugs beat me up and getting all "LOL P4". Is there that much
of a disadvantage using a P4 as oppossed to later dual and quad cores
when looking at what typical users do (surf the web, burn movies, etc...) ?

Sorry for the novel. That is why I don't post much here. I'm long winded.

Thanks,
Rich H